All Together Now 2019

Ferris_Bueller

Oh and ATN said on facebook today that they are looking forward to seeing Fontaines DC take to the All Together Now stage, so does that mean they are confirmed for Friday night on the main stage? I think someone saw a poster before saying they were on the Friday.

greenspurs

Le Bruise wrote: »

We're Tangerine again this year. I'd say it's about 15 minutes from the entrance of the boutique campsites to the main arena if you're going straight there and not having a look around (but it's a nice stroll with plenty to see). Probably not a long trek for most people!

You're very near the main house in boutique though, which has the Belonging bandstand, Acoustic tent and Curious Minds along with lots of food vendors, Lawns of Tranquillity and the Bacardi bar, so plenty to do nearby, particularly for during the day.

I'm not sure if they're going to change the map around this year, as there was some space issues with parking for the main campsite. We'll have to wait and see!

I hope the family camping is sorted out also.
Last year was a messy joke. For some reason they planned on people bringing 2/3 man tents...…. :eek:
90% of the tents in the wee field were 4-6 man tents ! They were squeezed in everywhere, on top of each other...…
I heard a man 5 tents up from us fart ………

bodhrandude

whelzer wrote: »

How far are we talking? 5-15 mins? I have a tent in Tangerine Fields booked but can easily flog it and "rough" it in general camping...;)

Thanks

Do you not mean Electric Fields, the Scottish festival?

whelzer

bodhrandude wrote: »

Do you not mean Electric Fields, the Scottish festival?

Nope, its a pre-pitched area, the Pink Moon of ATN, full of slightly crazy old people with too much money.

The real crazies are in Podpads or Yurts :eek:.

https://www.alltogethernow.ie/boutique-camping

dartboardio

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival? And things i must know, like whats the story at festivals people have said you can't bring your drink to the music? How does that work?

Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

heebusjeebus

dartboardio wrote: »

Cooler box full of cans

Drink warm cans like an adult :P

Bowlardo

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival?
Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

I would recommend buying a decent four man tent and and air mattress that has an air pump.
Cooler box would be a great idea too.
If u can buy a cheap wheel barrow to duck all ur stuff in the it would save your So a lot hassle carrying **** in

dartboardio

Haha, again I don't have a clue - just seen people on about cooler boxes earlier in the thread and thought ah that's a must!

D.Q

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival? And things i must know, like whats the story at festivals people have said you can't bring your drink to the music? How does that work?

Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

RE The tent, invest in a decent tent. a 4 man is a good shout. You'll be delighted if it rains. Pop ups can be used more than once but there is a knack to folding them back up. They generally fold to a figure 8 shape, and then that folds back on itself. Youtube is your friend here.

Festival essentials:

Tent
Drink
Money
Phone
Powerbank
Cereal bars/crisps
Air mattress
Earplugs
Air pump
Sleeping bag/pillows
Black bags
Duct tape
Tickets
Schoolbag/waistbag


Most festivals you can only drink your own drink at the campsite, they will make you buy pints inside the main arena (or smuggle drink in)

ATN thankfully is a free flow festival, so you can bring your drink anywhere with you.

Suckit

Also, just to say, I don't think you are supposed to use any tent just once. It just happens that people do that, but it is bad littering and no festival want people to leave their tents behind. They have been called single use tents as a result, and wouldn't stand up to a strong wind or a proper shower. (You will be very happy with yourself for the better tent if it rains).
https://www.treehugger.com/culture/festival-goers-are-told-stop-abandoning-tents.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/festival-tents-charity-donation-environment-damage-music-a8513401.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/planning-on-leaving-your-tent-behind-after-a-summer-festival-heres-why-you-shouldnt-do-that_uk_5cd296b4e4b0a7dffccec60d

As Bowlardo and D.Q said, get a decent four man tent, much more room and will withstand a lot more. Also you wont have to buy one next year or the year after etc.

EDIT - Just in case the tent that you bought is still good, no need to replace it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Or8THf5QY

Stillill42

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival? And things i must know, like whats the story at festivals people have said you can't bring your drink to the music? How does that work?

Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

You sound like good craic. Ye'll have a ball. Comprehensive list of things to think about bringing on the 1st page of the EP thread.....
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057907557

greenspurs

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival? And things i must know, like whats the story at festivals people have said you can't bring your drink to the music? How does that work?

Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

Pop ups - complete Barstards to try to "unpop" … just not worth it.
Shopping trolley - to carry all the camping 'schtuff' - essential.


At ATN , you can bring in 24 (?) cans per person , they 'must' be brought in on entry to campsite.... Although last year it was very relaxed , and the checking was quite lax.

jellybeano

Stillill42 wrote: »

You sound like good craic. Ye'll have a ball. Comprehensive list of things to think about bringing on the 1st page of the EP thread.....
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057907557

That’s a great list. Throw an eye mask into your bag too. Block out those sun rays when you want some shut eye. Sleep = power

ILIKEFOOD

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.


Anyway, are you only supposed to use pop up tents once? Would I be better off getting a quickpitch tent and putting it up myself? Are they alright to do?

Aaaand finally, BTW home store n more have cooler boxes for €7.99 atm!

What are your essentials for the festival? And things i must know, like whats the story at festivals people have said you can't bring your drink to the music? How does that work?

Cooler box full of cans
Tent
Sleeping bag
Pillows?

... shed some light pleaase?!

i recommend high 5 zero effervescent electrolyte tabs, panadol effervescents and dioralyte; my morning breakfast cocktail drink that never fails!

I also appreciate my blow up camping mattress, not the kind that you blow up with a foot pump. These ones are quite thin but very effective and not cumbersome to carry.

something like this

https://www.regatta.ie/napa-8-double-mat-laser-blue/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-JzenMmW4wIVQbHtCh3-0wwREAQYBSABEgImevD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Personally I'd invest in a 4 man Vango tent

https://www.outdoorworlddirect.co.uk/vango-tay-400-tent.html

Great gear that you can bring home. You should bring any of your stuff home anyway OBVIOUSLY.

a rake of powerbanks as mentioned.

maybe a torch too.

earplugs and eyemasks.

I stopped bothering with chairs but they are great to have, just a pain in the arse the haul around.

Stillill42

Lads recommend me a power bank. I've never needed one before.

BullBlackNova

Re: cooler boxes - how many cans would fit in a 4L box fit? Hadn't considered buying one before but they're quite reasonable on Homestore and More site.

LowOdour

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads recommend me a power bank. I've never needed one before.

Got 2 of these Anker banks last year, great packs and no issue with shipping

https://www.mymemory.ie/anker-3a-powercore-10400mah-portable-power-bank-with-poweriq.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgezoBRDNARIsAGzEfe7o_cXGArj-jNG6b-LIkcBy5I_EofM_Yv6gJ8-hw8h90WrVkSQ528kaAkGtEALw_wcB

whelzer

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads recommend me a power bank. I've never needed one before.

I got a €15 one in Euro Giant 2 weeks ago for B&S. 5200 mAh, they reckon you need 2500 mAh to power a smartphone from scratch. It did me and my iPhone 8 grand Friday-Monday, pretty sure herself used it a few times as well. Phone probably never got down to less than 50% each day though.

Basq

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Re: cooler boxes - how many cans would fit in a 4L box fit? Hadn't considered buying one before but they're quite reasonable on Homestore and More site.

I'd say 6 - 8 at a push..

ILIKEFOOD

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads recommend me a power bank. I've never needed one before.

I've a few made by the likes of Kingston, and a few I picked up in Penneys. I didn't know this myself but from a quick google..

'A power bank is measured by its capacity, which is rated in mAh (milli Ampere hour.) Generally, the higher the mAh rating of your power bank or portable charger, the more power it will have to recharge your devices'

obviously the penneys ones were crap and the other ones much longer lasting. (Like full iphone charge with a bit left over for charging my vape)

Stillill42

Thanks for the recommendations lads. Forgive my ignorance now but you charge your power bank before you go down, yes? And then how many phone charges would you get out of that before your power bank is out of juice, say for a 10000 mah power bank?

ILIKEFOOD

Stillill42 wrote: »

Thanks for the recommendations lads. Forgive my ignorance now but you charge your power bank before you go down, yes? And then how many phone charges would you get out of that before your power bank is out of juice, say for a 10000 mah power bank?

put the phone on low power mode and you can manage for quite some time or even airplane mode but that mean no communication unless you turn it off.

I usually manage on one good power bank per day. But with the vape I bring around 5 or 6 of them (mix of good and ****e ones) all charged up before I go.

In glastonbury they had a great system of renting one which you could return for a fresh one when empty.

Coz

Stillill42 wrote:

Thanks for the recommendations lads. Forgive my ignorance now but you charge your power bank before you go down, yes? And then how many phone charges would you get out of that before your power bank is out of juice, say for a 10000 mah power bank?

I've a 24000mah. Kept 2 phones charged from Friday to Monday with a few top ups for friends too.

Just don't leave it to charge overnight. Your phone will use battery just being turned on and will drain more charge from the pack.

We charge ours while having breakfast bants with the gang.

phatkev

dartboardio wrote: »

Lads, I've never been to a festival before! Complete newbie.

Heading to ATN with my boyfriend for the weekend, never built a tent either :v

So I bought a half priced tent (22.99) 3 person pop up tent (!!!) from Home store n more yesterday, I was all excited and popped it up in the sitting room then couldn't fold it back into place and ended up breaking the bloody thing.. Sickened.

Looking at lads trying fold these up on the Monday morning was genuinely one of the highlights of my weekend, primetime viewing!!:pac:

Rigor Mortis

Stillill42 wrote: »

Thanks for the recommendations lads. Forgive my ignorance now but you charge your power bank before you go down, yes? And then how many phone charges would you get out of that before your power bank is out of juice, say for a 10000 mah power bank?

A 10,000mah will last one phone the full weekend with a bit more to spare. I had an aged iphone that was very hard on the juice last year and got through comfortably.

BullBlackNova

Basq wrote: »

I'd say 6 - 8 at a push..

Ah - cheers. I'll need to go bigger so!

bodhrandude

In a months time I'll be running about the festival site waving my arms in the air and going weeeeeeeeeeee!

Suckit

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads recommend me a power bank. I've never needed one before.

Xiaomi, Aukey, Anker or Ravpower on amazon are all fairly good options. Would be recommended and well known.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=power+bank&rh=p_89%3AAUKEY%7CAnker%7CRAVPower%7CXiaomi&s=review-rank&dc&fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1562092842&rnid=1632651031&ref=sr_st_review-rank

For a weekender you might want a 20000+ but might get away with a 10000 depending on what you want to charge and how often you need to charge it/them.

Also worth remembering, Amazon Prime Day is coming up soon (15th/16th July) and they could feature in that - as could tents, coolers and other camp equipment.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prime-Day/b?ie=UTF8&node=10157705031

El Director

I got this power bank a few years ago

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VJSGT2A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IS6gDb7DXF83J

Well worth it. Has done a number of festivals and I actually use it a lot day to day. You get about 6-7 full charges out of it and it’s super quick too.

Basq

Remember when buying a PowerBank from Amazon, you'll need to ship to AddressPal in London. You can't ship them to ROI or NI.